| Strathbogie Victoria | |||||||||
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 Main street of Strathbogie | |||||||||
  Strathbogie | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°51′S145°44′E / 36.850°S 145.733°E | ||||||||
| Population | 304 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3666 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 502 m (1,647 ft) | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Strathbogie | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Euroa | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||
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Strathbogie is a town in central Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area. At the 2016 census, Strathbogie and the surrounding area had a population of 304. [1]
The Post Office opened on 10 July 1878. [2]
Strathbogie is located in the Strathbogie Ranges. Mount Wombat (799 metres), which includes a floral and fauna reserve, is 4.6 km. to the north-west.
Town facilities include a general store/ cafe, war memorial and recreation reserve.
Golfers play at the course of the Strathbogie Golf Club on Armstrong Avenue. [3]
The Strathbogie Football Club appears to of played its first match of Australian Rules football in 1893 against Gooram, [4] prior to entering a team in the Euroa District Football Association in 1905.
The Strathbogie North Football Club was formed in May 1895 [5] and use to play matches against Strathbogie FC. [6]
The Strathbogie FC then played in the following football competitions -
Strathbogie has warm, dry summers, though which are frequently interrupted by cold fronts on account of its proximity to the Southern Ocean (typical of Central Victoria); summer maximum temperatures have been as cold as 9.7 °C (49.5 °F) on 01 December 2019, and on 03 February 2005 the maximum did not exceed 10.5 °C (50.9 °F).
A pronounced autumnal lag is noted (March being almost as warm as December), and the winters are cold and rainy with many occurrences of snowfall. It has a 'Mediterranean' rainfall pattern, with nearly thrice the rainfall in winter than in high summer.
| Climate data for Strathbogie (1974–2022, rainfall to 1902); 501 m AMSL; 36.85° S, 145.73° E | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.0 (107.6) | 42.0 (107.6) | 36.3 (97.3) | 32.5 (90.5) | 23.0 (73.4) | 19.1 (66.4) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 37.2 (99.0) | 39.1 (102.4) | 42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 11.2 (52.2) | 10.2 (50.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.3 (57.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.8 (76.6) | 18.6 (65.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 9.2 (48.6) | 5.7 (42.3) | 3.6 (38.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | 1.8 (35.2) | 2.3 (36.1) | 3.7 (38.7) | 5.3 (41.5) | 7.6 (45.7) | 9.4 (48.9) | 6.2 (43.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) | 1.2 (34.2) | −0.5 (31.1) | −3.6 (25.5) | −5.7 (21.7) | −7.2 (19.0) | −8.0 (17.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −5.5 (22.1) | −3.0 (26.6) | −3.0 (26.6) | −1.0 (30.2) | −8.0 (17.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 49.1 (1.93) | 43.5 (1.71) | 57.0 (2.24) | 66.4 (2.61) | 95.0 (3.74) | 113.5 (4.47) | 121.6 (4.79) | 114.9 (4.52) | 94.0 (3.70) | 85.4 (3.36) | 64.0 (2.52) | 58.0 (2.28) | 962.6 (37.90) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 12.1 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 114.3 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 40 | 39 | 45 | 54 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 69 | 63 | 57 | 49 | 42 | 56 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Strathbogie | |||||||||||||
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